Ready? The “Diego Maradona” documentary is set to debut at the Cannes Film Festival before arriving in cinemas on June 14. Using over 500 hours of unseen footage from Maradona’s own archive, the film promises a stunningly personal look at the seven years he spent with Napoli in Italy’s Serie A.
Hope Solo is getting a movie deal.
The former USWNT No. 1 goalkeeper, who helped the U.S. lift the 2015 Women’s World Cup trophy, will have her life story developed into a feature film, a news release announced on Tuesday.
"Hope Solo is a force of nature who broke down walls in women’s sports, both as a player and as a humanitarian,” writer/director Christine Crokos said in the release. “Her story is one of pure trailblazing and fierce athleticism — one that many generations to come will honor and look up to.”
Attention football fans, Netflix will be adding to its football content on March 21. Mark your calendars because March 21 is not only french footballer Antoine Griezmann’s 27th birthday, but he is also being recognized for his stellar career to becoming a World Cup champion.
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Horror movies are great, but horror movies have a general massive flaw: Once the cat’s out of the bag, they can transform into an hour-long slog of scream-filled monotony. But a proper slow burner, that’s where the true power of the genre lies.
I’m talking The Witch, AMC’s The Terror, Let the Right One In, Hereditary … where the suspense and a general feeling of unease gradually reverberate through your system before THE HORROR OF IT ALL is revealed.
All or Nothing: Manchester City will be released through Amazon Prime on Friday, Aug. 17, and after watching the first four episodes of the eight-part series, it’s evident that the show qualifies as can’t-miss TV. With a camera crew embedded amongst the Citizens throughout a historic, record-breaking 2017-18 campaign, All or Nothing is so wonderfully and dramatically produced that it’ll appeal to even the most casual of fans, but it’s also littered with revealing moments that’ll fascinate football obsessives around the planet.
Ever wonder what is the best soccer movie? Search no more. We also have. Mexican film Rudo y Cursi is hands down the most entertaining soccer movie you’ll find.
The movie was released in the U.S. in May 2009. Over 10 years after it came out in Mexico, Rudo y Cursi is still a classic audience-pleaser that will surely not disappoint.
Every professional footballer on the planet wants to train under Pep Guardiola (apart from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Yaya Toure). His approach to playing the game has revolutionized football and brought unmitigated success to Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City. Now, thanks to Amazon Prime Original docuseries “All or Nothing: Manchester City”, we get a behind-the-scenes look at Guardiola and total access to City’s stable of world-class footballers.
Before the cinematic world is soon flooded with Neymar-inspired flopping documentaries, we football lovers can still appreciate the filmmaking that’s made this game beautiful.
From tear-jerking dramas and educational documentaries to mindless comedies and inspirational masterpieces, cinema football has everything we need. Here are the top 18 best football movies on streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu, plus an extra collection for those who can’t get enough of the beautiful game.
PLOT SUMMARY:
An international superstar footballer (Lionel Messi), having nutmegged everyone and everything there was to nutmeg in his career, embarks on a quest to nutmeg a mermaid. He travels to the deepest parts of the ocean, places humanity hasn't even explored yet, because that is where mermaids live.
He befriends a team of scientists on a submarine in hopes they can get him close enough to a mermaid to nutmeg it.
This was a big week for Juventus. Not only did they get a hiding in the Champions League, they also released a self-glorifying TV show and lined up against their old cross-city rivals, Torino.
This kind of glitz and glamour is what we’ve come to expect from the reigning six-time champions. It shows why they’re one of the countries best loved and most hated teams, all at once.
But what did we actually learn from this week?